The main focus area for this major is General Chemistry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Chemistry is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at University of California - Los Angeles. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in chemistry, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
Fees | $1,587 | $1,587 |
The median early career salary of chemistry students who receive their doctor’s degree from UCLA is $117,572 per year. That is 84% higher than the national average of $63,921.
UCLA does not offer an online option for its chemistry doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCLA Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in chemistry in 2019-2020, 32.4% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 40.6%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in chemistry at UCLA in 2019-2020, 35.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 15 |
International Students | 9 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Chemistry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Chemistry | 37 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemistry.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Astronomy & Astrophysics | 2 |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 2 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 6 |
Physics | 22 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.